convoke

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That would ease passage of some of Castro's legislative priorities, but her pledge to convoke an assembly to rewrite the country's constitution could still be blocked since that would require a two-thirds majority.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2021

Fernandez currently has a working majority in both houses of Congress, but would need two-thirds' congressional support to convoke an elected constitutional assembly.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2012

Messori explained that if a Pope decided he was no longer capable of leading the Church, he would convoke a Consistory of all the world's cardinals at the Vatican.

From Time • Jan. 27, 2010

To meet Yenan's demand for an all-party constitutional convention, Chungking offered to convoke an all-party meeting to consider "military and political unification pending a national congress."

From Time Magazine Archive

Hardly possessed of the government, they have hastened to convoke the people of Paris to the ballot-boxes.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.